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PHOTOCOAGULATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Surgical procedure that uses an intense laser beam to destroy diseased retinal tissue or to make a scar that will hold the retina in cases of detached retina
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("photocoagulation" is a kind of...):
operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)
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